Giant alliance geo were going to discuss that all right its time to boost your views you. Tensions are once again rising in the persian gulf after a brief confrontation at sea between the u. S. And iran now that Close Encounter resulting in president calling for the take down of iranian gunboats quote harassing u. S. Warships arties Rachel Blevins is following the story shes joining us now from the news room with the details on this rachel well manella President Trump is now arming the u. S. Navy with a shoot down and destroy order after a Close Encounter with iran has increased fears of escalation in the persian gulf trump took to twitter wednesday morning writing quote i have instructed the United States navy to shoot down and destroy any and all iranian gunboats if they harass our ships see his warning fall. It was an incident last week in which the us claims a lot of investors from irans revolutionary guard came within just 10 yards of u. S. Navy and coast guard ships in the gulf n
The origin of the corona virus has been a politically sensitive issue for china and a bone of contention between democrats republicans and President Trump who refers to it as the chinese virus now to u. S. States and germany plan to sue china accusing the country of lying and covering up the virus what it 1st appeared back in the fall of 2019 for more on this will bring in our chief fronsac ferret how significant are these lawsuits and do they have any bearing so many of the short answer to that is probably not missouris attorney general eric schmidt is leading the case and after talking with economists at the university of missouri the state is looking to get upwards of 44000000000. 00 and now you also have mississippis a. Saying that shes getting ready to file suit now missouri is the 1st state to file against china mississippi the 2nd all the seek damages and it could be the 1st of many states doing this now according to the missouri lawsuit it reads quote during the critical weeks
To stick to its promise . As to stick to its promise . As a tory mp reveals , he was arrested tory mp reveals, he was arrested on suspicion of rape, the number of conservatives embroiled in Sexual Misconduct allegation grows to a total of nine. How damaging will this be to a party already on the back foot . Well have the latest. And as israel gears up for a full Ground Invasion and the west throws its weight behind them, Vladimir Vladimir putin wades into the conflict, inviting senior hamas and iranian leaders to moscow for talks. Mark white will have all the latest. Well it comes as us forces carried out a strike against what they said were Iranian Revolutionary guard positions in Eastern Syria. 20 us soldiers have been injured in recent clashes , 18 injured in recent clashes, 18 dead, 13 injured, and three in Critical Condition. Critical condition. Even as police in the us state of maine continue their manhunt after a deadly mass shooting. Well have the latest shooting. Well have the
Defense forces have declared a state of alert for war following a surprise attack carried out by Palestinian Militants. The idf says at least 2200 rockets were fired towards israel, though hamas claimed at least 5000 rockets were fired, all landing in southern and central israel. Emily schrader says shes an israeli american and captured this video of the aftermath. So this is very close to where i live in tel aviv. You can see here where there was a direct hit. Images on social media show heavily armed Palestinian Militants on motorbikes and pickup trucks crossing into israeli settlements. This video appears to show militants taking hostages in israel near the border with gaza. Another video also appears to show a woman being taken hostage in gaza. Israeli forces launching massive retaliatory airstrikes. This building collapsing, flames then lighting up the night sky in gaza as those israeli strikes continued. Israelis prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu says Israeli Defense forces will
Barra. Hes an operating room surgical technician. He refers to the current Staffing Levels as a staffing crisis. The less people you have doing the same job, youre making more money, youre still charging the same to your patients, but youre not paying the labor to do so, right . So its hard. Were burning out. Were quitting employee swease say kaiser committed to hiring up to 10,000 more employees by the end of the year. They claim kaiser is behind on that commitment. Now, Kaiser Permanente declined to be interviewed, but in a statement to abc7 news, kaiser disputes that claim. The company says theyve met that goal and are looking to hire even more people. They also say theyve reached a tentative agreement on several other proposals, including wage increases. Thats important to note that the hospitals are open, the doctors are not on strike. Employees tell me if no agreement is reached by friday, they will consider a longer two week strike. Reporting live on san hassan, abc seven news.